Tobacco-pipe.



E. G. KOTHE.

TOBAGGO PIPE. v APPLICATION FILED MARA, 1912.

1,952,349., Patented Feb. 4, 1913.

INVENTOR,

ATTO R N EY EDWARD GEORGE KOTHE, 0F PARKEBSBUBG, IOWA.

TOBACCO-PIPE.

Application filed March 4,1912. Serial No. 681,376.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Het. a, 1913.

To all whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD G. KOTHE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Parkersburg, inthe county ofv Butler and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Tobacco-Pipe, of which the following isA a specification.

The invention relates to .tobacco pipes, and the object is the provision of simple means for rendering the bottom of the bowl of said pipe readily accessible for the purpose of cleaning the same, thus eliminating the disagreeable odors and secret-ions so common to the ordinary tobacco pipes.4

A further object is to provide means whereby the pipe may beset aside for a considerable length of time and remain burning, so that it is not necessary to relight the same as is ordinarily the case.

With these and otheriobjects in view, the invention may be best understood from the following detailed description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, wherein like reference numerals designate corresponding parts in all the figures. t

In the drawing Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional -view of a tobacco pipe provided with my improvements. bottom plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is 'a detail view of the false bottom or strainer plate. Fig. fl is a detail view of the closure plat-e detached.

The usual pipe bowl 1 is. provided with a shank 2 and m'ay be of any well known shapeor construction. The bore 3 of the shank terminates at one end at the rounded wall of the bottom of the bowl and at the `other end is in communication with the pipe stem 5 through the smoke aperture 6. Thus far, the pipe is of the lordinary construction and may .vary in size, shape and proportions.

.My improvements consist in providing the relatively small opening lor passage 7 vthrough the bottom of the bowl ,in alinement with the longitudinalv axis thereof.- The opening 7 is substantially of the area of the smoke passage, and the pipe is provided with a flattened surface 8 on the exterior of the bowl at and surrounding the bottom opening 7, to which flattened surfacet-he vclosure plate 9 is pivoted by means of the small screw 10 or rivet. The door is shown v/ as. substantially oval in form and is madey of thin metal, though it may be made of any desired shape and material.

Fig. 2 is al Centrally of the enlarged portion of th plate is a projection 11 formed by strikingl upwardly or inwardly the metal at the center of the closure plate, and the said projection 11 is so located asv to engage and lit within the outer end of the opening 7 when the door is swung over the opening. A lug 12 provided at one edge of the plate serves as a thumb piece in swinging the same. It will thus be seen that the closure plate may be heldin a closed position through the engagement of the project-ion 11 with t-he opening 7, it being understood that the tension of the screw 10 is -sulicient to insure this engagement. x

Slightly above the bottom of the bowl I provide a perforated strainer plate 13 to support the tobacco and to provide a chamber or space 14 for nicotin, saliva, etc., which chamber may be readily emptied and cleaned through the opening 7 by means of a wire or other cleaning tool or device. This plate consists of a thin metal disk, perforated throughout and having its edgebent upwardly, said edge, upon the disk being introduced into the bowl, impinging against the walls of the bowl and holding the said disk firmly in place. Some of the perforations open out at the periphery of the plate so as to leave a ragged or toothed edge which is caused to bite into the'wood o f which the bowl is made, and thus serve to retain it from displacement.

The closure plate is adaptedto be swung away from the opening and into the plane of the lower face of the stem to serve as a support for' the pipe with the bowl in an upright position andl with the bottom opening 7 elevated above the supporting surface upon which the pipe may be placed.

By leaving the-closure plate open, the

pipe may be set aside and the slight draft created will suliice to keep the tobacco burning for a considerable length of time, thus obviating the excessive use of matches and the consequent troubleand annoyance thereof.

tially of the area of the smoke passage and provided at the exterior of the bowl with a flat inclined face surrounding the bottom opening', a laterally movable substantially flat closure platey adapted to be swung away from the opening and into the plane of the lower face of the stem to serve as a support for the pipe with the bowl upright and with the bottom opening elevated above the surface upon which the pipe is placed to permit a draft through the bowl and to support combustion of the tobacco, said plate having a projection struck inwardly from the center of the plate to engage in the said opening to hold the plate from lateral movement.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my own, 1 have hereto aixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD GEORGE KOTHE.

Witnesses:

B. L. MILLER, E. F. SCHENEGGE. 

